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IRL: Ex-Champ Car drivers happy to see The Glen (The Ithaca Journal)
July 5, 2008CORNING — Two former Champ Car World Series drivers are chomping at the bit for a shot at the Watkins Glen International road course.
A one-time winner, Rahal seeks victory No. 2 (The Daily & Sunday Review)
July 5, 2008Drivers making the transition from the Champ Car series to the IndyCar Series have had their share of struggles.
Car Racing Notebook: DEI's Menard, Martin in front row at Daytona (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
July 5, 2008Although Dale Earnhardt Inc. might not be a championship contender, it showed yesterday it still can be a force at Daytona International Speedway in Florida. ...
Open-wheelers all together at the Glen (The Buffalo News)
July 5, 2008When the IndyCar Series and the former Champ Car World Series unified into one racing body in February, the Champ Car competitors faced the more difficult adjustment. Their teams had to adapt to the IndyCar Series cars and tracks.
Motorplex's first champ dies (The Tennessean)
July 5, 2008"Bullet Bob" Reuther, who won the inaugural championship at Nashville's race track 50 years ago, died Thursday. He was 80.
Looking ‘four-ward’ (Morning Times)
July 5, 2008here’s no doubt about it, Scott Dixon is King of the Road. Since the IndyCar Series roared into Watkins Glen back in 2005, Dixon has driven his No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi car to collect all three checkered flags. Last year’s victory started a streak of wins for Dixon that saw him sweep all the road courses on the IndyCar circuit. Riding into this year’s Camping World Grand Prix at the Glen atop ...
Recent crashes highlight race car safety issues (The Rockingham News)
July 5, 2008Joey Payne Jr. didn't win the Northeastern Midget Association (NEMA) Midget event held at the Lee USA Speedway on Friday night, but quite honestly, he was lucky to even be there.
Wilson, Rahal looking forward to The Glen (Morning Times)
July 5, 2008Everything old is new again. When the Champ Car World Series reached an agreement to run under the IndyCar Series banner earlier this year, seasoned Champ Car road course drivers suddenly found themselves classified as “rookies” in their new series. After six straight races on the ovals, the new kids on the block get to go home again, so to speak, as the IndyCar Series comes to Watkins Glen ...
Ex-Champ Car driver Carpentier takes first NASCAR pole (USA Today)
July 5, 2008Rookie Patrick Carpentier grabbed his first NASCAR Sprint Cup pole Friday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The Canadian driver, whose last pole came in a Champ Car in 2004 on the road course in Laguna Seca, Calif., was among the drivers who had to wait out a nearly two-hour rain delay before getting a shot at qualifying for Sunday's Lenox Industrial Tools 301.
Transition to road races leveling playing field (AP via Yahoo! News)
July 5, 2008Some IndyCar drivers have never been happier to see a few right-hand turns.
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